Marin Theatre Company presents the final show of its highly successful 2008-09 season with a seminal work of modern comedy, Joe Orton's uproarious farce What the Butler Saw in MTC's Boyer Theatre beginning June 4.
The B Street Theatre kicks off its 2009-2010 Mainstage Season with the Norm Foster comedy, The Foursome. Canada?s most produced playwright, Norm Foster has been a regular at B Street Theatre where five of his plays have been produced. The Affections of May (1998); The Motor Trade (1999); The Melville Boys (2000); Drinking Alone (2001), and Mending Fences (2009).
2008-2009 Intern Company presents 8 original 10-minute plays Running May 19 to May 23 - Tickets are 'Pay What You Can' The 2008-2009 B Street Intern Showcase is filling up quickly! Don't miss your chance to see 8 scenes filled with love, laughter and suspense. each one featuring interns.
B Street Theatre will stage a summer of romance, comedy and family drama in Arlene Hutton's THE NIBROC TRILOGY. THE NIBROC TRILOGY continues the story of young Kentuckians Raleigh and May, so delightfully started in LAST TRAIN TO NIBROC.
April is the cruelest - and most hilarious - month at Berkeley Repertory Theatre, when Les Waters lets loose with another shocking script from Martin McDonagh. In 2007, the Obie Award-winning director scored a direct hit with his extended run of The Pillowman; since then, the Academy Award-winning author released his first feature film, In Bruges. Now Berkeley Rep reenlists these seasoned artists for another vicious comedy: The Lieutenant of Inishmore. Staged in the state-of-the-art Roda Theatre, this edgy farce begins previews on April 17, opens April 22, and closes May 17. BART and Wells Fargo serve as season sponsors for Berkeley Rep's 41st year of fearless theatre, and the executive producers for this show are Marjorie Randolph, Betty and Jack Schafer, and Philip and Shirley Schild.
Marin Theatre Company is pleased to present the world premiere of Magic Forest Farm by Zayd Dohrn, winner of the first annual Sky Cooper New American Play Prize in 2008. The production will be staged in MTC's 99-seat Lieberman Theatre. From one of America's hottest young playwrights comes a riveting story of a young woman's desperate search for her past. Seventeen year-old Allegra is beginning to piece together the swirling memories of her early years in the beautiful woods of Northern California on a mystical commune called Magic Forest Farm. Mixing with joyous recollections of waterfalls and wildflowers are darker revelations and startling images of the people she thinks she trusts most. A journey begins that takes Allegra back to the commune, back to the past, to confront the truth.
April is the cruelest - and most hilarious - month at Berkeley Repertory Theatre, when Les Waters lets loose with another shocking script from Martin McDonagh. In 2007, the Obie Award-winning director scored a direct hit with his extended run of The Pillowman; since then, the Academy Award-winning author released his first feature film, In Bruges.
Traveling Jewish Theatre (TJT) continues its 30th Anniversary Season with a production of The Floating Light Bulb running from Thursday, April 16 ? Sunday, May 24. TJT's current production of The Model Apartment by Obie and Pulitzer Award-winning playwright Donald Margulies continues until Sunday, April 5, and The Floating Light Bulb marks the final production of their 2009 season.
Once again the B Street Theatre will offer a series of acting workshops for kids of all ages and skill levels this summer. Students will learn in a fun, exciting, and creative environment from professional instructors who are active in the fields of theatre, improvisation, and acting instruction. Register by April 15th and receive a 10% discount.
Traveling Jewish Theatre (TJT) continues its 30th Anniversary Season with a production of The Floating Light Bulb running from Thursday, April 16 ? Sunday, May 24. TJT's current production of The Model Apartment by Obie and Pulitzer Award-winning playwright Donald Margulies continues until Sunday, April 5, and The Floating Light Bulb marks the final production of their 2009 season.
Marin Theatre Company presents the final show of its highly successful 2008-09 season with a seminal work of modern comedy, Joe Orton's uproarious farce What the Butler Saw in MTC's Boyer Theatre beginning June 4.
The B Street Theatre's latest hit in the 'B3 Series' is the Pulitzer Prize-winning Wit by Margaret Edson. Wit is poignant comedy that's earning standing ovations and rave reviews from audiences and the press. Don't miss the Sacramento premiere of this moving and funny play. Call to get your tickets today by calling our box office at 916-443-5300. EXTENDED THROUGH MARCH 7TH!
April is the cruelest - and most hilarious - month at Berkeley Repertory Theatre, when Les Waters lets loose with another shocking script from Martin McDonagh. In 2007, the Obie Award-winning director scored a direct hit with his extended run of The Pillowman; since then, the Academy Award-winning author released his first feature film, In Bruges. Now Berkeley Rep reenlists these seasoned artists for another vicious comedy: The Lieutenant of Inishmore. Staged in the state-of-the-art Roda Theatre, this edgy farce begins previews on April 17, opens April 22, and closes May 17. BART and Wells Fargo serve as season sponsors for Berkeley Rep's 41st year of fearless theatre, and the executive producers for this show are Marjorie Randolph, Betty and Jack Schafer, and Philip and Shirley Schild.
B Street Theatre is pleased to announce Sexy Laundry by Canadian playwright Michele Rimi as its next Mainstage offering.
The B Street Theatre's latest hit in the 'B3 Series' is the Pulitzer Prize-winning Wit by Margaret Edson. Wit is poignant comedy that's earning standing ovations and rave reviews from audiences and the press. Don't miss the Sacramento premiere of this moving and funny play. Call to get your tickets today by calling our box office at 916-443-5300. EXTENDED THROUGH MARCH 7TH!
Once again the B Street Theatre will offer a series of acting workshops for kids of all ages and skill levels this summer. Students will learn in a fun, exciting, and creative environment from professional instructors who are active in the fields of theatre, improvisation, and acting instruction. Register by April 15th and receive a 10% discount.
McCarter Theatre Center announces the complete cast of William Shakespeare's Twelfth Night, directed by Rebecca Taichman. A co-production with Washington, D.C.'s Shakespeare Theatre Company, Twelfth Night begins performances in the Matthews Theatre on Tuesday, March 10 and runs until March 29. (Press opening Friday, March 13). Shipwrecked in a foreign land without family, friends or possessions-what's a girl to do? Identity is under siege in the labyrinth of misconceptions that is Twelfth Night, Shakespeare's bewitching comedy of unquenchable desire, self-deception and misdirected love. This fantastical, timeless production-helmed by rising-star director Rebecca Taichman-is a real sensualist's delight: full of longing 'all as hungry as the sea' and awash in ethereal charm.
Don't miss the B Street Theatre's latest mainstage show, the new comedy MENDING FENCES by Norm Foster. Audiences and critics alike are laughing with delight and enjoying this very funny and sweetly poignant new play, receiving it's US Premiere right here in Sacramento. Call to get your tickets today by calling our box office at 916-443-5300.
The Falcon Theatre presents the world premiere comedy Surviving Sex, the fourth production in its 2008-2009 'Bringin' the FUNNY' All-Comedy subscription season. Written by acclaimed comedy writer David Landsberg (author of last year's hit play An Act of Love at the Falcon Theatre), Surviving Sex stars an ensemble cast led by Jeff Marlow, a veteran of the Falcon stage (Where's Poppa?, Sheldon & Mrs. Levine) and directed by Susan Morgenstern (director of last year's Falcon comedy, Leap).
Marin Theatre Company is pleased to present the world premiere of Magic Forest Farm by Zayd Dohrn, winner of the first annual Sky Cooper New American Play Prize in 2008. The production will be staged in MTC's 99-seat Lieberman Theatre. From one of America's hottest young playwrights comes a riveting story of a young woman's desperate search for her past. Seventeen year-old Allegra is beginning to piece together the swirling memories of her early years in the beautiful woods of Northern California on a mystical commune called Magic Forest Farm. Mixing with joyous recollections of waterfalls and wildflowers are darker revelations and startling images of the people she thinks she trusts most. A journey begins that takes Allegra back to the commune, back to the past, to confront the truth.
